# QOwnNotes v26.8.3 — Release v26.8.3

- Product: QOwnNotes (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes)
- Vendor: Patrizio Bekerle
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: v26.8.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/releases/tag/v26.8.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes/releases/v26.8.3
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — QOwnNotes TUI project provides a keyboard-first terminal browser and editor for local, QOwnNotes-compatible Markdown note folders
- **added** — Support highlighting and applying strikeout and other Markdown text formatting across multiple lines
- **changed** — Improved performance when switching away from notes with wiki-style links when the Note relations panel was visible
- **changed** — Renamed the Message boxes section in General settings to Dialog preferences and clarified which remembered dialog choices can be reset

##### 26.8.3

- The new [QOwnNotes TUI](https://github.com/qownnotes/qownnotes-tui) project provides a
  keyboard-first terminal browser and editor for local, QOwnNotes-compatible Markdown note folders
  - It can use note folders configured in QOwnNotes and follows its note sorting settings
  - Notes can be created, edited, searched, syntax-highlighted, renamed from their content, and
    safely deleted from the terminal, with automatic saving and external-change conflict detection
  - It supports configurable themes, mouse controls, Nix, and a Home Manager module
- Added support for highlighting and applying strikeout and other Markdown text
  formatting across multiple lines (for [#3690](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3690))
- Improved performance when switching away from notes with wiki-style links when the
  **Note relations** panel was visible (for [#3691](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3691))
- Renamed the **Message boxes** section in the **General settings** to **Dialog preferences** and
  clarified which remembered dialog choices can be reset
  (for [#3692](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3692))
- There was a new release of the **QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension**
  [2026.8.0](https://github.com/qownnotes/web-companion/releases/tag/v2026.8.0)
  - An error dialog now explains how to resolve a failed connection to the QOwnNotes socket server
    (for [#120](https://github.com/qownnotes/web-companion/issues/120))
  - The dependencies were updated

##### Released files

- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package
- QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems